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The Project Gutenberg EBook of Eighteenth Century Essays on Shakespeare by D. Nichol Smith
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Eighteenth Century
Essays on Shakespeare
Edited by
D. Nichol Smith, M.A.
Glasgow
James MacLehose and Sons
Publishers to the University
1903
Contents
- Preface.
- Introduction. Shakespearian Criticism in the Eighteenth Century.
- Nicholas Rowe: Some Account of the Life &c. of Mr. William Shakespear. 1709.
- John Dennis: On the Genius and Writings of Shakespeare. 1711.
- Alexander Pope: Preface to Edition of Shakespeare. 1725.
- Lewis Theobald: Preface to Edition of Shakespeare. 1733.
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tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a">Sir Thomas Hanmer: Preface to Edition of Shakespeare. 1744.William Warburton: Preface to Edition of Shakespeare. 1747. Samuel Johnson: Preface to Edition of Shakespeare. 1765. Richard Farmer: An Essay on the Learning of Shakespeare: Addressed to Joseph Cradock, Esq. 1767. Maurice Morgann: An Essay on the Dramatic Character of Sir John Falstaff. 1777. Notes. Nicholas Rowe. John Dennis. Alexander Pope. Lewis Theobald. Sir Thomas Hanmer. William Warburton. Samuel Johnson. Richard Farmer. Maurice Morgann. Index. Footnotes